State Bar of California weighs attorney-client sex ban

Bruce Budner quoted by The Press Democrat, Dec. 7, 2016

“Lawyers are in a position to subtly — or not so subtly — exert undue influence over clients,” said Bruce Budner, who teaches ethics at UC Berkeley School of Law. “It’s very hard to establish when this has taken place. So it’s better to have a bright line that the bar can enforce and prosecute.”